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VOL..14, NO. 126.
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5. 1918.
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AMERICAN TALK
Wlhere will this war be won, in Eu
rope or in America?
It is going to be won.
It will be won in Europe or it will
bo won in 'America.
If the war breaks down in Europe
and the allies are forced to accept a
half victory, or worse still, meet de
feat, then the ifight will be )ver here
and on the seas, with the German war
lords or the American Republic a
winner.
Americans may well ask themselves
this question where will it be won?
-It imust and will be won. Then the
question is today will it be won there
or here ?
Self-nreservation is the first law cf
patriotism, and tlhis is a war cf self
preservation. It is our war just as
much1 as it is the war of England,
Trance, Italy, and Belgium. When
we entered we were simply taking up
atims in defense of our own liberties.
It is a war of democracy for democ
racy, and this means that it is every
man's war. It will not be every man's
war, however, until every American
has proved his participation in it in
some concrete way.
A real democracy ot wealth, which
means the people's savings, must turn
the tide. ' If you can not fight, you
can save. If you can not save much,
then save little. The letters "W. S.
S.," stand for War-Savings Stamps.
If we mobilize our savings and em
ploy them for war ipurposes, they will
also mean We shall Succeed.
Colonel Fries is offering a bronze
commemorative tablet to the public
school in Northi iCarolina which owns
the largest number of War-Savings
Stamps per capita on January 1, 1919.
He says that if the bronze tablet offer
ed by Miss Mary ICL C. Bradford comes
to North Carolina he will give the tab
let he offers to the school owning the
second largest amount of War-Saving
Stamps per capita at the end of
the "year. All public rural and city
schools are eligible to compete for the
prize, and schools belonging to a sys
tem will compete as individual sdhools.
The tablet will be awarded according
ti certificates from the principals of
t;hle schools competing.
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One way ithe American people can
answer the dirty Huns an their chal
lenge to us is by financing our gov
ernment to meet their challenge. One
way we can show our contempt for the
U-boats on this side is to lend aid to
the government and one way to do
this is to buy war savings stamps. We
are far behind on the war saving
program. This state, this county, is
hfl.vind, far (behind, and our answer to
the German ought to foe an earnest
and aroused America buying war sav
ing stam(rs in overwhelming amodnw.
Ever at it, day by day, will send out
allotment towards the top and then
over.
There are a great many things we
do not understand, many things we
nay never understand, many we are
not expected to understand. One thiniy
that has puzzled good Americans is
how a man cm live in America, enjoy
America, be protected by America find
then when America needs him he sulks
nnd slacks and whines and y i ouches.
It is past finding out. If there were
some process by whidh we could ta'e
such a fellow- and make a full and
complete examination of him, wfrat,
in heaven's name, do you suppose
would be found to enter into his make
up? Yet there are .folks in this country
who are acting as ugly and mean
about this war as can be. There are
people who refuse to do anything to
help win, and in some instances gc
further and sulk and -lack and whine
and complain and make unjust and un
patriotic criticism. They ire not
criminals and scalawags either. They
are people who lhave been passing as
good citizens. People who pay their
bills, live (peacefully at from a, tiv to
Observe the rules of deceit citizenship,
attend church and contribute to the
Gospel of Christ,
Yet these few are today sulking and
ncting wrly. They are demonstrating
the spirit of prejudice based in igno
rance and satisfaction with their jt
norance. There are some, too, who
ore so selfish that they are afraid they
might auffer some little inconvenience
r fcly hurt Ty care little for the
r-ldiers at the front, their sae-
f lacing fellow citizens and neighbors
only for their own . selfish hides.
They are sorry citizens and America
is glad to say that there are very few
of these types in this fair land.
If the German sufcirarines couU be
directed against this class of oar cit
izens and make them' feel some of the
pppppii
One Million Young
HUN MASSES HALT
BEFORE THE ALLIES
No Longer Do the Emperor's
Troops Hurl Themselves on the
Allied Lines on the Fronts.
STRUGGLE CHANGES TO A
MOVEMENT FOR POSITIONS
Details of Fighting, Show That
General Pershing's Men Enter
ed Battle Wfth Great Spirit.
(By Associated Press.)
German masses no longer hurl
themselves at the allied lines along
the extended fronts. The momentum
of the Geman advance of last week
appears to hatve exhausted itself in
he striking of the yielding .lines f
the French and British, which now
have stiffened and are (holding the
foe except for insignificant gains ihere
and there, especially along the front
running south from the neighborhood
of Soissons and Chateau Thierry.
The struggle apparently is chang
ing from a war movement to a war
of positions.
Official reports show that the Ger
mans are launching their assaults on
0:evy Courcy and near Dommiers, is
olated points of vantage. These at
tacks were rouglhly from (five to seven
miles apart along the line which in
cludes ground where the Americans
have established themselves and (have
fought the Germans to a standstill.
The French official statement says
the Teuton attacks were all repulsed.
The report of operations along the
British front fails to show activity on
the ipart of the Germans.
At Morlancourt, between the Ancre
and the 'Somime, south of Albert, the
Germans, supported by heavy artil
lery fire, attempted to raid the Brit
ish positions but were repulsed, leav
ing prisoners behind.
Details of the fighting in which the
American units have taken part show
that General Pershing's men have
gone into battle with a spirit which
is magnificent. In their defense of
the bridges across the Marne river
they repulsed the enemy in a decisive
manner and witlh rifle fire prevented
the Germans from making further se
rious attempts to cross the Marne.
American machine gun fire also con
verted the northern (part of Chauteau
Thierry into a "no man's land." The
Germans were unable to hold their
position under the storm of bullets
poured into them by the Americans
and were forced to withdraw into the
outskirts of Nieully-la-Poterie.
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FORTY THOUSAND
NEGRO REGISTRANTS
Army Order Come Today for the
Drafting Into Service This Month
of 40,000 Negro Registrants Quali
fied For Service.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, June 6. Orders for
the mobilization of 40,000 negro
draft registrants qualified for general
military service ta be entrained be
tween June 20th and 25th were sent
o:t today by Provost (Marshal Gen.
Crowder.
The registrants will come from 20
states and North Carolina will be
linked to send 1,000 men to Cams
Taytor in Kentucky.
ral sufferings of a selfish and despic
able life, the Germans would not be al
together without some real benefit to
civilization. If Americans of this
type could be made to feel the other
side of the question, (pinching them
they would awake to realise that they
Vive in the best land, under the best
government and under the happiest
conditions of life. They would appre
ciate the blessings f their country
and the benefits of a mrlso and honest
ly directed government that saVs lit
tle and gives much to the people.
If only a Hun's gun could land
sligfAly on a few of the n patriotic
sulkers in America it would do the
beet work that ever was done by a
Hun fun.
SUB COMMANDERS
DECEIVING TACTICS
"Don't Use Your Wireless and
We Wont Shoot," Flashed to
Attacked Vessels of U. S.
A 19 YEAR OLD WIRELESS
OPERATOR DEFIES HUNS
Captain Had to Order Him to
Quit the Keys in Efford to Save
the Women and Children.
(By the Associated Press)
New York, June 5. "Don't use
your wireless and we won't shoot," is
the newest "made in Germany" war
slogan under which the emperor's
submarine commanders are carrying
the campaign of frightfulness into
American Atlantic waters, according
to persons among the 250 survivors
of the steamship Carolina who were
brought to this port aboard a coast
wise schooner early today.
The Carolina was destroyed by a U
boat gunfire, fifty miles off the Dela
ware capes Sunday evening.
Stories told by passengers and crew
of thesunken vessel indicate that
Edwin W. Vogel, of New York City,
the ship's 19-year-old chief wireless
operator played a spectacular part in
the dramatic raiding of the Carolina.
When the submarine's message,
"Use no wireless--We won't shoot,"
was sent Vogel defiantly repeated his
S. O. S. signals which he had already
began flashing and on the verge of
answering queries from Cape May at
Brooklyn navy yard station for the
Carolina's position when Capt. T. R.
D. Barbour, Vogel's commander, or
dered him to quit the key and see
whether the Germans would keep their
pledge.
Passengers declared Captain Bar
bour had said he decided to accept the
proposition laid down by the U-boat
skipper because he believed to dissent
meant forfeiture of the lives of the
women and children aboard the vesesl.
The arrival of 250 survivors here to
dv, 156 of whom were passengers and
94 members of the crew, apparently
leaves 29 persons to be accounted
for.
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FLOW OF TROOPS 10
EUROPE TO KEEP UP
Germany's Submarine Warfare on
This Side of the Atlantic Will
Not Affect the Sailings.
DUTY OF OUR NAVY IS TO
KEEP DOOR TO FRANCE OPEN
Secretary of the Navy Daniels
Says Soldiers and Munitions
Will Continue to Be Sent.
Washington, June 5. Whatever the
purpose of the submarine raid off the
Atlantic coast and whatever the num
ber o fsubmarines hereafter may Come
to American waters there will be no
check on the flow of men and muni
tions to France, Secretary of the Navy
Daniels said today.
"The great duty of our navy," said
the secretary, "u to keep open the
door to France to carry our men and
munitions to the great battle front
and to gaurd the food supplies for our
cobeligerents. That has been accom
plished thus far and we will continue
to keep the road open."
The navy department had no further
adivces at noon today from the patrol
fleet hunting down the submarine that
was last heard from off the Virginia
and Maryland coasts.
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Hun Attempts Against the French
and the British Are Defeated
by the Allies.
AMERICAN PATROL HITS A
GERMAN SQUAD HARD
Three of the Seventeen Huns Who
Were Caught by Patrol Were
Killed in Action.
(By the Associated Press)
Paris, June 5. The Germans made
local attacks last evening and night on
the main line of battle, the war office
today make announcement. The at
tempts on the French lines at Carte
pont wood, Dommiers, Courcy, and in
the neighborhood of Chezy failed.
In the region of north Courcy the
action of the French infantry rectifi
ed the French line on the border of the
forest.
Germans Attempt British Raid.
London, Jne 5. German troops
this morning attempted to raid the
British lines southwest of Marian
court in the region of Amiens, the war
office announces today. Although the
enemy was supported by heavy artil
lery fire they were repulsed and left
prisoners in the hands of the British.
American Patrol Get Germans.
With the American Army in France,
June 4: In an encounter between an
American patrol and a party of seven
teen Germans on the Lunevile front
early today three of the Germans are
reported killed. Another American
patrol destroyed an enemy concrete
observation post.
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Corerspondent at Moscow Wires of
Terrible Fighting in Ksrs District
cf Trans-Caocasua Populatioa was
Being Mtssarced, Report Said.
(By the Associated Press)
London, June 5. A big battle was
fought in the Kars district bf lrans
Oausasua on May 24th, resulting in
favor of the Russians, an Excange
Telegraph correspondent at Moscow
wires.
The Turks and Germans retired
along the Ardahan road and the pop
ulation was being massacred, the dis
patch declared.
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German Submarine Gets Another
American Ship, the Samuel
Mendel Off New York.
ALL BUT TEN OF CARO
LINA PASSENGERS FOUND
The Crew of This Ship Reported
Saved With Eleven Safe in
New York.
(By theAssociated Press)
New York, June 5. The American
auxillery Samuel Mendal is another
victim of the German subemarine at
tack. She was sunk on Sunday after
noon 170 miles off New York and 11
members of her crew have been
brought here by a Danish steamship
which picked them up.
Only Ten Unaccounted For.
New York, June 5. All but ten of
the 218 passengers on board the New
York and Porto Rican steamship,
Carolina, have been accounted for, de
clare officials of the company line
here.
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MINES IN WATERS
Reports Current That Delaware
Bay and Surrounding Waters
Have Been Mined.
TEN MINES SAID TO HAVE
BEEN LOCATED AND TAKEN
Shipping Again Held Up, No Ves
sels Being Allowed to Leave the
Port Until Further Notice.
I (By the Associated Press)
I Lewes, Delaware, Jne 6. Reports
prevail here that the German U-boats
which raided coastwise shipping Sun
day and Monday have strewn Dele
, ware bay and waters around the Dele
ware canes with floating mines.
Ten such mines have been found, it
is reported, and government sweepers
are searching for others. Two of
these were exploded by gunfire and
the remaining eight were recoverd in
tact '
No confirmation of these reports
can he obtained from government offi
ciaals but shipping has been held up
for the present, no vesesls being al
lowed to leve port without permis
sion of the naval authorities. .
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HEGE CASE REACH
IGHT
The State is Endeavoring to Hold
the Defendant Strictly to His
Self Defense Plea.
DEFENSE COUPLES WITH
"UNWRITTEN LAW" PLEA
A. L. Brooks Will Close for the
Defendant and Samuel Haiskell
of Knoxville for the State.
(By the Associated Press)
Lexington, June 5. It was believed
nt noon today that the case of J.
Graham Hegeon trial here charged
with the murder of J. F. Deaderick,
would reach the Jury by nightfall.
Two nttarneys for the defense have
already spoken and thethlrd spokes
man for the state was nearing the end
of his argument at that hour. Four
lawyers are to address the jury.
The state in its argument this
morning sought to hold the defendant
solely to his plea cf self defense and
endeavored to show the Improbability
of self defense on acount of the con
dition of the room in which Dondrick
was shot.
Counsel for tha defense stressed
heavily on the "unwritten law" as a
leading cause, coupling it closely with
the self defense plea.
A, L. Brooks, of Greensboro, will
close the argument 'for the defense
and Samuel G. Haiskell, of Knoxville,
Tenn., an uncle of the slain man, will
sum up for the state.
HEGE'S WIFE TELLS
A SIMILAR STORY
Wife of the Lexington Man Accused
of Killing Hiii Friend Tells Same
Story as Did Her Husband About
Dnaderick's Attack on Hege.
lUxington, June 4. 'Mrs. Hege's
, story on the stand here today tallied
minutely with that of her husband,
.Graham He-e. on trial for his life,
charged with the murder March 19 of
jhis friend, J. Franlin Deaderick. Fur-h'-rmore,
hours of a most grueling
j cross-examination by Ray McCrary
I failed to breri' down 'her support of
her husbmd in most of its essentials.
Ther was something of dignity
about the story of Graham Hege, but
that tale his wife told today was
merely sordid. Once In the cross-examination,
after Bhe had said that for
nearly four years she deceived her
husband by regular weekly offenses
gainst her vows, there was just tfhe
faintest suggestion that in fie wit
ness was a vicarious sacrifice, for bhe
lawyer had asked her if she hadn't
decided at a late day to besmirch her
rnpmUtion to save Hege. But the
suggestion didnt carry conviction.
She told a story which perhips made
most believ iher in that part when
sho spoke of Iher relations with the
deceased. J
Mrs. Deaderick Testifies. j
T'-' ftviiow of the victim of Hege's
revolver went to the witness stand
today. Not until after the homicide
did she know that her husband was
accused of anything more than ca
ressing Mrs. Hege. This denouement
came Tuesday February 5, and the
afternoon of that date Mr. and Mrs.
Deaderick went to see the H?ges and
talked the matter over.
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President Again Aked for Pardon for
Mooiiey.
(By theAssociated Press)
Washington, J.ine 6. President
Wilson has again written to Governor
Stevens, of California, urging that he
pardon Thomas J. Mooney.
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ONE YEAR OF GUR
First Anniversary of American
Registration for an Army and
Another Registration is On.
ANOTHE MILLION YOUTHS
ARE REGISTERING TODAY
Thousands of Local Boards Are
Registering Young Men of Age
Since the 5th of Last June.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, June 6. Today, on
the aniversary of America's first man
power mobilixation,, another million
youths, the estimated strength of the
class of 1918, register on the first sta
tion of the journey to the colors. ,
When their draft registration cards
come into their hands, they come to
the disposition of a swift, smoothly
working and practiced organization,
whose agencies in every country-side,
fclainM and city of the land have as
sumed successfully the task of dis
criminating between the nation's need
for men who can fight or work, and its
additional need for men at home to
support its dependent poplstlon,l
Observers, foreign and domestic,
lilitary and civilian alike", class the
pertaimnce o date under the Am
erican selective service law ai.'tta
most tangibly successful of its mili
tary efforts, and regard the accretion
to the man-power reservoir of the
youngsters who had not reached their
majority one year ago as the most
certain assurance of the final down
fall of tfhe Prussian autocracy.,' Be it
near or far, the day of allied' victory
cannot be evaded, the prtctlcal mili
tary nriew is, so long as .the rising
flood of the American armies, drill
ed, equpiped and equipping, can be
turned to the European battlcfront.
Provost (Marshall General Crowder,
who supervises the draft, fixes the
tentative number given above for the
day's new total, and likewise from
the experience tables of ' the year
places the number of ipotential sol
diers to be added to the list today at
750,000, concluding that the class will
be 75 per cent composed' of military
effectives. ,
As they assemble at the registering
stations today, the total of men raised
by the draft in tlhe United States for
its armies will pass 1,300,000. Before
the end of the present month, the mo
bilized total will h'svc passed 1,500,
000, for the immense military ma
chine that owes its existence to the
readiness of plain Americans to fight
is moving forward to a goal that will
meet President Wilson's demand for
"force, force to the utmost, and force
without stint."
.The 4,600 local boards throughout
the country who take' the burden of
the work have named registering
clerks for every 100 of the young men .
wHhin their jurisdiction. Men absent
unavoidably from their homes on reg
istering day may appry to any board
for their cards. Karnes as recorded
will n infA fhft vitittir 1a-alfirf
tions of registered men and, in ac
cords nee with their physical qualifi
cations, their status as to dependents
and as to industrial or agricultural
occupations, they will be assigned to
v ihb3 vne, iwu, xarm, rour or r iver
The overwhelming ma iority, however,
ft r i t T-l . .
as indicated by the estanate given, the
provost marsha, general exjpects to
find in Class One. " : V
Thev will go to the foot of the list
of 1917 registrans in each class, and
will not be called, the regulations pro
vide, until thoee above them have been
ciken, unless by trade or education
they are fitted for specialised army
service, then they may be called soon
er. The system of determining the or-
the provost marshal general has sot
yet fixed, but the general expectation
is that some sort of a lottery of the
type previously used, will be conduct-'
ed "on a rational scale. Yet of this
officials are not certain, because the
recurring draft calls come more swift
Iv. and run to larger totals now, and
'rhe classification has come to be more
j'mportant than the numbers. A late
'order number will serve only to post
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